Notícias

Valorização energética de resíduos na UE, em 2035.

A CEWEP desenvolveu um modelo para calcular as necessidades de capacidade de valorização energética de resíduos na UE, em 2035, considerando que se cumprem todas as exigentes metas das diretivas sobre Economia Circular, nomeadamente a meta de reciclagem de 65 Resíduos Urbanos em 2035 e o envio máximo de 10 de RU para aterro nessa data.

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New technique could accelerate waste-to-methane production

In a recent study, environmental engineering master‘s student Bappi Chowdhury and his colleagues found that adding conductive materials to the waste products could potentially turn them into a reliable feedstock, allowing for a production rate of up to 70 percent more biomethane—a renewable energy source—from a mixture of fat, oil and grease and ordinary food waste in an anaerobic digester.

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What happens to your old laptop? The growing problem of e-waste

Monday morning, and a sorry bunch of tangled cables, a broken coffee machine and a single clip-on light is all there is inside the metal crates at Veolia, a noisy recycling depot where residents of the London borough of Southwark off brokenunwanted electrical devices.

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We averted an economic crisis by turning food waste into black gold

Few foresaw the waste crisis that plagued Massachusetts in the 2030s. By 2029, global recycling markets had collapsed, and every Massachusetts landfill was closed. All state waste was exported to distant places like Alabama and Mississippi, at exorbitant prices. For mainland municipalities, the cost of disposal doubled, and transportation costs went through the roof.

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Identifying the modern slavery risk in the waste industry

It’s not happening in a land far away, it’s not condemned to the past slavery is here in the 21st century, happening in organisations around the country, and could be closer than you think.

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Your next pair of sneakers could be made from coffee

Coffee is a big deal. While just a handful of countries dominate production, it’s consumed in vast amounts almost everywhere on the planet: around 2 billion cups are drunk every day.

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